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Ridley Scott's legendary film Blade Runnerwas a flop when it debuted in 1982, but today it looms large over pop culture. The main reason, arguably, is not Harrison Ford's titular hero, but rather his nemesis, the replicant Roy Batty. A new documentary about Rutger Hauer, who brought Roy to life, evokes his most famous moment with its title: Like Tears in Rain. Despite Hollywood legend, the speech was not improvised, rather Hauer shortened the dialogue and filled it with silent emotion that made Roy Batty the film's most human character.

In 2019, pancreatic cancer claimed Rutger Hauer at age 75, and fans of Blade Runner or his 173 other roles in film...

Actors love to talk about authenticity, but if that were all it took, we wouldn't need them at all -- cops, lawyers, and singles on the prowl could just play themselves. There's more to it than that, of course, but sometimes it doesn't hurt to have a background in the role being played. Many former Marines have done well as actors, using their discipline for our entertainment. And as it turns out, many thespians with actual criminal records do a great job of playing crooks onscreen. As 2024's Oscar-nominated film "Sing Sing" depicts, theater programs can serve as therapy, and serve to reform offenders.

Throughout the history of the movie business, real-life criminals have found the movie business to be more comfortable than their former under-the-table careers. Audiences, in turn, can often tell when a guy onscreen really looks like he could kill or beat you. In some cases, showbiz...

The new Cameron Diaz movie has become a global streaming sensation. The American actor became an A-list star off the back of prominent romantic comedies from the late 1990s, including My Best Friend's Wedding (in which she played Julia Roberts' romantic rival) and There's Something About Mary (in which she played the title role opposite Ben Stiller). She has also taken on major projects in other genres, including starring in 2000's Charlie's Angels and its 2003 sequel Full Throttle, as well as voicing Princess Fiona in DreamWorks' animated Shrek franchise.

However, for a full decade between 2014 and 2024, she starred in no movies at all. Cameron Diaz retired from acting, with her final project until 2025 being the 2014 remake of Annie starring Quvenzhané Wallis and Jamie Foxx. She spent that decade focusing on her family, working to "reclaim" her life, and working in the wellness space, including launching an organic wine brand and publishing The Longevity Book.

Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul and 3 Body Problem's Eiza González have teamed up for a sci-fi horror movie that's off to a strong start on Rotten Tomatoes after its SXSW premiere. After becoming a household name with his roles of Scott in HBO's Big Love and Jesse Pinkman in AMC's acclaimed crime drama, Paul has gone on to explore a wide array of genres on both the big and small screens, including the video game adaptation Need for Speed, Ridley Scott's biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, and the sci-fi thriller comedy Dual, in which he co-starred with Karen Gillan.

González, meanwhile, got her start in her home of South America, starring in everything from the Argentinian children's telenovela, Floricienta, to Nickeloden Latin America's Sueña conmigo. She would later break out internationally with her role as Santanico Pandemonium in Robert Rodriguez's TV adaptation of From Dusk till Dawn,...

There will be blood. And probably lots of it.

Filmmaker Eli Roth has launched The Horror Section, a new, all-encompassing horror media company that aims not just to make a killing in the independent scary movie space, but to also make horror fans an integral part of the company.

The splatter master, who has spent a most of his 25-plus year career making movies ranging from Cabin Fever and Hostel to Knock Knock and Thanksgiving, has partnered with Media Capital Technologies for the venture, which includes not only producing and distributing original films theatrically, but also carving out a place for horror television, gaming, podcasts and live events.

“I’ve done this very successfully and everything that I’ve done for this zone has made a lot of money for a lot of people,” Roth tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Now it’s time to put it all under one umbrella,...

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The Electric State is a sci-fi adventure comedy-drama film co-directed by Anthony and Joe Russo from a screenplay co-written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Based on the 2018 illustrated novel of the same name by Simon Stålenhag, the Netflix film is set in the aftermath of a war between robots and humans, and it follows an orphaned girl who teams up with a mysterious robot and a smuggler to find her lost brother in the dangerous America West. The Electric State stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Giancarlo Esposito, and Stanley Tucci. So, if you loved the inventive story, intricate world-building, and entertaining characters in The Electric State, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The power of a great movie is its ability to capture elements of humanity and imagination in a short period of time, connecting with the audience by crafting stories that are able to hold audiences' attention from beginning to end. One of the best ways that a film can capture an audience is with a twist, something that completely reshapes the narrative of the movie and leaves the audience to question everything that they saw before.

Whether a twist happens halfway through a movie, shifting the narrative and structure of the rest of the film, or at the end of the movie, recontextualizing everything that came before and drawing audiences to immediately want to watch the film again, these films are some of the ones that stick in the mind of audiences. Some of the best movies of all time are the ones that offer a shocking twist for the audience.

Oh, so Flying Lotus played Electronic Arts’s Dead Space video games. Right? It’s one of the many influences in the musician-turned-filmmaker’s Ash, a science fiction dreadbomb dealing in claustrophobia and doomy vibes. He’s messing around in a familiar Event Horizon and Pandorum sandbox—with nods to Robert Rodriguez’s Earth-set The Faculty—but there’s enough gnarly cosmic horror imagery to set Flying Lotus’ zero-gravity mystery apart.

The sci-fi horror genre only has so many setups filmmakers can choose from, but as Flying Lotus shows, that doesn’t mean new films have to be creatively bankrupt.

Eiza González stars as Riya, an astronaut who regains consciousness on a distant planet to find her crew slaughtered. She has no immediate recollection of what happened as she wanders around the blood-smeared station she calls home. After a few brief and frightening memories flash back, her supposed rescuer arrives...

Ryan Coogler’s (Creed, Black Panther) Sinners is headed to theaters in just over a month from Warner Bros., and we’re exclusively unveiling a brand new poster that invites you to dance with the devil.

Sinners opens in theaters on April 18, 2025. It’s been rated “R” for “Strong bloody violence, sexual content and language.”

Check out the new art below, which calls to mind the movie’s line, “You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”

Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles. Hailee Steinfeld (Bumblebee), Jack O’Connell (Eden Lake), Wunmi Mosaku (“Loki”), Jayme Lawson (The Batman), Omar Benson Miller (“CSI: Miami”), and Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods) round out the cast.

In Sinners, “Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to...

Rutger Hauer broke into the Hollywood zeitgeist through his iconic role of Roy Batty in the 1982 blockbuster Blade Runner. The prolific actor had already turned heads, enjoying a long career internationally, thanks to an unmistakable onscreen presence in the Netherlands with projects like the acclaimed Dutch film Turkish Delight. His career ultimately amassed more than 170 films and television productions over 50 years appearing in everything from his Tinseltown debut in Nighthawks, Sin City and Batman Begins to True Blood and Smallville. However, behind the camera the Golden Globe winner who passed away in 2019, remained an enigma. For his goddaughter Sanna Fabery de Jonge, this served as her motivation to bring audiences in a little deeper with the documentary Like Tears in Rain. The film, which makes its U.S. debut on the Viaplay streaming service on March 13, features candid interviews with family, friends and colleagues. Among them Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Verhoeven,...

The Boys star Jack Quaid is going to extremes to promote his new movie. The actor gets battered and bruised while sitting courtside at a Los Angeles Clippers game in a brilliant marketing stunt for Novocaine.

In the short clip shared by Pop Crave on X, Quaid can be seen watching the Los Angeles Clippers take on the Sacremento Kings alongside his Novocaine co-star Amber Midthunder. The actor, who is wearing a cast on his arm, seemingly gets more injured throughout the night. He eventually conducts an interview in the arena wearing a neck brace, with cuts and bruises on his face.

Jack Quaid promoted his new movie ‘Novocaine’ at the Kings versus Clippers game by getting more and more beaten up as the game progressed on. pic.twitter.com/ZWav0EQFUj— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 11, 2025

Novocaine sees Jack Quaid starring as Nathan, a bank executive who has a...

Rarely has a decade been as closely tied to a film genre in pop culture as the 1980s are to ridiculous action movies. The era of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and others of their stripe certainly blend well into the '90s, but the '80s is where the big, beefy, sweaty, machine-gun-toting hero became a staple of cinema. Of course, as with any genre, there were better and worse attempts at hitting the mark with this particular brand of action film. Titles like "The Terminator" and "First Blood" gave credibility to their respective muscular stars, eschewing the camp and absurdity for high-concept sci-fi and gritty political character drama, respectively. But then there were the less artistically sophisticated films -- features like Schwarzenegger's "Commando" and Stallone's "Cobra," which came out back-to-back in 1985 and 1986.

"Cobra," specifically, has become something of a cult classic, in large part because of its cartoonish protagonist.

Guillermo del Toro is one of the most celebrated movie directors, who still does not get enough credit for his unique vision. But apart from being a great director, del Toro has impeccable taste because he is also a well-known appreciator of Japanese pop culture.

Alita from Alita: Battle Angel [Credits: 20th Century Fox]

So it is only natural that he will also recommend something of quality to his friends as well. Thankfully, he did just that for another great director, and this is how James Cameron came across the manga of Battle Angel Alita or Gunm by Yukito Kishiro.

Needless to say, del Toro went on to help Cameron with its adaptation, bringing the masterpiece of a manga to a wider audience. Thus, it is not an exaggeration to claim that Guillermo del Toro is indeed a God of cinema, and he proves it through his impeccable filmography.

Guillermo del...

One of the most influential box office failures of the 21st century, Grindhouse spawned several spin-off movies in addition to reintroducing a vintage aesthetic that has been mimicked by countless other throwback movies in its wake.

Now the 2007 love letter to exploitation cinema has received a new collection of apparel form Gutter Garbs.

Sam Coyne created appropriately retro-style designs for both Robert Rodriguez‘s Planet Terror and Quentin Tarantino‘s Death Proof.

The line also includes three other designs: Dr. Dakota Block from Planet Terror, the Death Proof key art, and Stuntman Mike’s emblem from Death Proof.

T-shirts start at $32 with Comfort Colors tees for $34. A “Double Feature” 24×18 poster featuring a mash-up of Coyne’s designs is also avaialble for $40.

Pre-orders are open through Thursday, March 13, and will ship the week of March 30.

Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Josh Brolin, and Marley Shelton star in Planet Terror.

Hollywood has a long history of producing movies that, despite being great, fail to succeed at the box office, from classics like It's A Wonderful Life to modern cult gems like Dredd. While not every flop goes on to find success, some do earn praise from a dedicated fan base, earning them the status of cult classic. Where some of these films can garner a following soon after release, others can take years, even more than a decade for people to resonate with them.

Cult classics may not be box office gold, and even their sequels often fail to turn a profit, but they've maintained the appreciation of fans and critics alike. The reality is even if a movie is excellent, the studios don't always believe in them enough to market them, while others can face tough competition upon release. From treasured animated movies to stylish science fiction stories, all...

After producing multiple fan-favorites over the years, Robert Rodriguez is letting the fans have a say in the filmmaking process.

The From Dusk Till Dawn director is leveraging his Troublemaker Studios to launch Brass Knuckle Films, a bold new action filmmaking initiative that will invite fans to become investors and take part in the process, as well as potentially have their feature film idea developed.

“Across my work, I’ve always sought to overcome the idea that great action movies need big Hollywood budgets,” said Rodriguez in a statement. “With Brass Knuckle Films, we have a chance to rewrite the rules—giving fans the opportunity not just to watch, but to get a piece of the action. It’s exciting to continue to create high-energy films for the people who love them, while now being able to offer direct access to the filmmaking process at such a monumental time for Texas film.

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has launched Brass Knuckle Films, a bold initiative that invites fans to become investors and take on an active role in the filmmaking process – including the chance to have their own film idea developed into a full-length feature.

Through this venture, Rodriguez will develop and produce a slate of high-impact action films, utilizing his renowned production studio, Troublemaker Studios, to maximize production value. Brass Knuckle Films is a joint venture between Robert Rodriguez and Alexis Garcia’s action film label CAT5. Rodriguez will operate it together with Garcia and Kevin Dartt.

Brass Knuckle Films offers a fresh approach to independent film financing, empowering everyday fans to invest in a project and share in the profits. Each investor will have the opportunity to submit a movie concept, which will be reviewed by Rodriguez’s team at Troublemaker Studios based on originality, feasibility and market potential.

From these submissions,...

Miramax has acquired the rights to I Can See You’re Angry, an R-rated comedy written by Brandon Cohen. The studio outbid several competitors for the project, which will be produced by Barbarian producer BoulderLight Pictures.

Details about the plot have not been disclosed, but the film is described as being in the style of Wedding Crashers and There’s Something About Mary.

Miramax and BoulderLight have an existing working relationship, with both involved in an upcoming remake of The Faculty. Robert Rodriguez is producing that project, with Drew Hancock writing the script.

BoulderLight has been involved in multiple recent releases, including Companion, a horror comedy that debuted in January starring Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid. The company is also behind Friendship, an A24 dark comedy featuring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. That film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall and is expected to be released this spring.

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Miramax has landed the hot spec I Can See You’re Angry from writer Brandon Cohen. Barbarian producer BoulderLight Pictures will produce the comedy. The studio beat out several suitors for the spec.

Plot details being kept under wraps, but the spec is described as a high-concept R-rated comedy in the vein of Wedding Crashers and There’s Something About Mary.

Miramax and BoulderLight already have strong ties after the former tapped the latter to co-produce a remake of The Faculty, with Robert Rodriguez joining as a producer with Companion writer Drew Hancock penning.

BoulderLight has been on a roll as of late starting with the horror comedy Companion, which bowed in January and starred Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid. Next up is the A24 dark comedy Friendship coming this spring. That film stars Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd and premiered at last fall’s Toronto Film Festival.

Elon Musk has time for cameos, at least when it suits him. The Tesla CEO and X enthusiast (now a chain-saw-wielding Doge employee) has cultivated a pop culture presence quite fitting of his relentless quest for influence, especially over our eyeballs and immediate senses. There is no telling what the man will do next.

Elon Musk in the Simpsons episode, titled “The Musk Who Fell to Earth” | Credits: Fox

With Musk’s evolution as an individual best described by the title of the Sergio Leone film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, here are all the films and shows Elon Musk has made a cameo in. He’s made almost a dozen appearances in both films and television shows, often playing himself. Some are quick blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments, while others are a bit more substantial.

12. Iron Man 2 (2010)

This is arguably Elon Musk’s most famous cameo. He and...

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's hit horror-Western From Dusk Till Dawn is heading to a new streaming home.

Per Prime Video, the streaming giant is about to add the fan-favorite period horror to its ever-expanding library of films. Fans won't have to wait long to see From Dusk Till Dawn on Prime Video, as it is slated to make its debut on the platform on March 13.

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Released in 1996, From Dusk Till Dawn was directed by Robert Rodriguez from a script written by Quentin Tarantino that was itself based on a story by Robert Kurtzman. The film starred George Clooney as infamous bank robber Seth Gecko, the brother of Tarantino's Richie Gecko. When the pair end up on the run from the law, they decide...

The B-movie tribute by Quentin Tarantinoand Robert Rodriguezwill soon be available to stream for free. Fans of gritty '70s cinema will get their chance to see the experiment that was the 2007 double feature movie called Grindhouse, in which the auteurs paid tribute to the style of movies that inspired them to make their own. Tarantino's Death Proof and Rodriguez's Planet Terror are two quite unique movies that evoke the style of exploitation films from the 1970s, which often played in grindhouse theaters where low-budget films were exhibited. They ranged from horror features to adult films, and the two 2007 movies try their best to encompass these multiple genres.

Robert Rodriguez's is a zombie action movie, which picks up "After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release." Tarantino's,...

After a dismal 1990s that greatly diminished his stature as one of the most bankable movie stars in Hollywood, Sylvester Stallone kicked off the 2000s with a pair of box office disappointments in "Get Carter" and "Driven." Though the latter reunited him with his "Cliffhanger" director Renny Harlin, moviegoers had very little interest in a film about Cart racing. With his two most valuable franchises, "Rocky" and "Rambo," mothballed due to lack of commercial interest, his once reliable international popularity on the wane, and a finished movie ("D-Tox") gathering dust on the shelf due to horrid test screening scores, Stallone had to humble himself and make a movie that didn't lose tens of millions of dollars for its investors. This meant working small and not demanding a bank-breaking payday.

Stallone was lost, as you can tell from one look at the movies he made around this time. The direct-to-video flop "Avenging Angelo,...

Jessica Alba started out quite young in the industry, but slowly and steadily, she became one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses. While she has a slew of projects to her name, even she needed expert guidance for a movie that many don’t know about. The movie in question can easily be among the most creative projects she has ever worked on.

Jessica Alba in Sin City | Credits: Dimension Films

That movie is Sin City, in which she played the role of a bar dancer with a tragic past. While Alba wanted expert help, the movie’s director apparently rejected her request, forcing her to bring her own twist to the role.

Why did Robert Rodriguez deny Jessica Alba’s one request for Sin City?

Jessica Alba can easily be one of the most popular leading ladies out there, having worked in several genres. But when she stepped into...

Former Zorro Antonio Banderas trades swords and swashbuckling for grit and guns in one of his most underrated action thrillers, which is now streaming free. Released back in 2017, Acts of Vengeance evokes the best kind of action B-movie in this tale of a lawyer who never shuts up, vowing silence and revenge after his family is murdered.

Directed by Isaac Florentine, who has demonstrated his affinity for the genre before with frequent collaborations with action icon Scott Adkins in the likes of Ninja: Shadow of a Tear, Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, and Close Range, Acts of Vengeancestars The Boys’ Karl Urban alongside Banderas. The action outing, which proved divisive at the time, is well worth a second shot, and is available to stream free now on Tubi. You can check out the official synopsis for the revenge flick below.

“A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence,...

Martyn Ford has broken into the mainstream like the Kool-Aid Man bursting through a wall. The actor, with the musculature of a bodybuilder and the cadence of a confident Englishman, has gone from social media workouts to starring in blockbusters and streaming series (The Sandman and Those About to Die). He's now playing the legendary giant Goliath in Prime Video's new series, House of David, and will be playing an equally formidable villain in the upcoming remake of Red Sonja. In an interview with MovieWeb, Ford told us that his mysterious character in that movie, General Karlak, is set to be visually "phenomenal," so once can imagine Ford's already intimidating physique combined with wild CGI.

Ford has been great at multifaceted but terrifying villains, and compared Red Sonja's Karlak (a villain of the future) to Goliath. "I think there's always similarities between the ultimate bad guys and their mannerisms and their energies.

The 1980s werewolf movie Silver Bullet was panned as a complete howler by many critics on its release, but fans of the cult classic werewolf movie starring Gary Busey and Corey Haim from the mind of Stephen King can now stream the movie for free. The horror film from 1985 is now part of Tubi's extensive library of scary movies, although the scares in this one are admittedly few and far between. However, that doesn't mean Silver Buller isn't worth a rewatch.

Other horror titles arriving on Tubi include four Insidious movies, both Grindhouse movies by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, the zombie feature starring Brad Pitt, World War Z, and the "alligators act like sharks" movie, Crawl, among others. However, if you're in for a Stephen King marathon, Tubi also offers adaptations like Children of the Corn, two Carrie movies, the author's directorial effort Maximum Overdrive, and Creepshow 2.

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In 2005, Robert Rodriguez changed the way we looked at comic book movies forever with Sin City, his picture-perfect adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel series. Such a passion project it was for Rodriguez that he even resigned from the Director’s Guild so he could share directing credit with Miller himself. The movie was a box office success, making $158 million worldwide off a $40 million budget, but more importantly, it gave us a thrillingly unique example of how green-screen technology could be utilized – put simply, you’d never seen a graphic novel come to life quite like this. Naturally, with a wealth of Sin City material still available to them, Rodriguez and Miller would want to make a sequel to their hit movie. And they did, although it took a whole lot longer to come to life than anyone initially expected. Hope you’re ready to travel back to that...

Heist films often thrive on two extreme takes: the sleek precision of Ocean's Elevenand the chaotic ineptitude of crews who couldn't steal a candy bar. Over time, heist films have undergone a transformation, with the 1990s, for example, seeing a surge in popularity for fresh takes on the genre, where movies such as Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogsglorified tough-guy attitudes and Robert Rodriguez's feature directorial debut El Mariachi(the first of his Mexico trilogy) proving that it was possible to turn shoestring budgets into gun-toting poetry. But the bumbling caper, which derives its premise from failure itself, has long set the pace for subversion. The 1955 British thriller The Ladykillers, which saw Alec Guinness’s faux-intellectual crooks botch a robbery with aristocratic clumsiness, and Wes Anderson’s 1996 ode to amateur thieves, the crime comedy Bottle Rocket, are perfect reminders that the best-laid plans often go up in flames (sometimes literally...

Joe Rogan has long expressed his admiration for Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian stories and has mentioned that none of the adaptations have done a good job translating them to the screen. However, in a recent podcast episode with comedian Felipe Esparza, Rogan mentioned that Jason Momoa did a great job in the 2011 film.

While the film was a box office bomb and generally received negative reviews, Momoa’s performance was appreciated and Rogan seemed to be extremely enamored by the Game of Thrones star’s performance. He also hoped that Momoa’s Conan would be explored better in a film directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Joe Rogan wished Quentin Tarantino directed a Conan the Barbarian movie with Jason Momoa Joe Rogan | Credits: YouTube/The Joe Rogan Experience

Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian stories have been adapted many times but the most popular one is John Milius’ 1982 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Whether an in-joke among movie fans or broad references, director Quentin Tarantino has cemented his reputation over the past 30-plus years by being a walking repository of cinema history. He's arguably more knowledgeable than many film professors. And while these asides may allude to mainstream movies, his creative reinterpretations of other films' ideas often come with a wink and a nod to film geeks, requiring citations for those casual movie-watchers.

To call him a cinephile is an understatement. But in the eyes of one of the medium's greatest creators, Tarantino is "detestable." His harshest critic wasn’t even around to see his first film. Orson Welles predicted, or rather warned against, Tarantino’s style of movie-making. Near the end of his life, Welles observed that younger directors were "marinated" in movies to their detriment. He accurately anticipated the ascent of pop-culture-quoting meta-movies that rely on having an audience that has consumed thousands of films.

After hitting theaters near the end of 2024, A24's horror film, Heretic, is heading to its new streaming home in March.

The Hugh Grant-led horror flick, Heretic, officially lands on Max on March 7. The official synopsis for the film reads: "Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse." In addition to Grant, Heretic stars Sophie Thatcher (Companion), Chloe East (The Fabelmans), Topher Grace (Spider-Man 3), and Elle Young (Little Fish). Heretic was written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, best known for the Adam Driver-led film, 65, and as screenwriters of A Quiet Place.

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If you’ve been following our three-part series where we explored the concept, practicalities, benefits, and challenges of in-camera grading, you’re in for a treat! We’re excited to add a real-world perspective to our theoretical exploration of the topic: In this interview, Dit and colorist Justin Paul Warren shares his experience on a recent production where he strategically chose in-camera grading to meet the project’s demands. Although he’d only tried this approach once before, his cross-departmental experience helped him recognize its potential to streamline workflows and simplify his many responsibilities. Ready to learn from Justin’s firsthand experiences? Let’s dive in!

Justin’s journey to becoming a Dit took a few twists and turns, as he reflects: „My path to Dit was an unusual one.“ Starting out on set as a Best Boy Electric and gaffer, he also wrote, directed, and produced his own short films.

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Although Hayao Miyazaki may be the world's leading figure in Japanese anime films, thanks to his widely recognized and beloved work from Studio Ghibli, other anime directors such as Makoto Shinkai have gained more and more recognition from Western audiences within the last decade. Despite being unfairly overlooked by the Academy, Shinkai’s 2016 film Your Name has been considered to be one of the best animated films of the century, ranking at number 83 on IMDb’s Top 250. It's a visual and thematic masterpiece of animation, which is why it’s so shocking that J.J. Abrams is currently feeling the need to remake it in live-action for American audiences. Abrams has accomplished quite a bit throughout his career as a producer and director,...

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, gangsters have dominated the crime genre, with films like The Untouchables and Scarface exploring the lives of notorious mob bosses and drug kingpins. For some, these films represent the pinnacle of genres like thriller, crime, and drama, typically thanks to the great alignment of cast, writer, and director. Despite their violent nature, these films appeal to people of all stripes, often reinventing cinema altogether through their success.

Gangster movies vary in scale, with modern classics like Sexy Beast and A History of Violence making great use of relatively small casts. Other movies have reeled in audiences through their assembly of some of the biggest and most talented stars of their era, often turning in career-best performances. Through these movies, fans have been shown the inner workings of some of America's most dangerous criminal organizations -- even if they play fast and loose with the facts.

The Red Sonja reboot has secured a distributor with a release window confirmed. That's great news for fans of the comics and sword-and-sandal films.

Signature Entertainment acquired the rights to release the Red Sonja reboot in the UK and Ireland. Per Deadline, the film will premiere in late 2025 after spending two years in post-production. "Red Sonja epitomizes the kind of film we're looking for at Signature – an epic story in a fantasy-laden world with a strong commercial feel to its execution, which made it immediately appealing to us," Signature Entertainment's Acquisitions Manager Begüm Kayacan Parodi said. "We're looking forward to introducing UK and Irish audiences to Matilda Lutz's sword-swinging huntress later this year." Production company Millennium Media is still looking for a distributor for Red Sonja in international markets.

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The late Rutger Hauer’s life is to be explored in the new documentary Like Tears In Rain. More details on its UK release here as well.

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly six years since the world lost Rutger Hauer. The enigmatic actor died at the age of 75, leaving behind a film career of nearly 200 films. Blade Runner grabbed a lot of the headlines, but what about Solider Of Orange and Spetters with Paul Verhoeven, genre joys Surviving The Game, The Hitcher and Split Second, or his later blockbusters, Sin City and The Dark Knight. He happily sold you Guinness, too.

But still, here’s an actor whose behind the scenes story stayed pretty much that throughout his life. The curtain is now being pulled back a little courtesy of a new documentary feature Like Tears In Rain. Wonder where they got that name from.

Actress and rock 'n' roller Taylor Momsen made her screen debut at the age of three, appearing in a 1997 Shake 'n Bake commercial. In the ad, she noted that Shake 'n Bake dinners were an excellent sign of her mother's love, and she demonstrated the product with aplomb. It's Shake 'n Bake, and she helped. Momsen was also, at the time, working as a child model, something she recalls hating. In a 2011 interview with Bethesda, Momsen said that she recalls being busy a lot as a toddler and that she wasn't given a lot of time to spend with friends. Her whole life, she said, she was in and out of school.

That same year, while she was still in preschool, Momsen started appearing on a few TV shows, notably the 1997 "The Cosby Show" spinoff "Cosby," and in a 1998 episode of "Early Edition." Momsen's first feature film was director David Worth...

The Predator franchise recently received a huge shot to the arm in 2023 with the arrival of Prey, Dan Trachtenberg’s incredible prequel to the 1987 original that refreshed and revived the sci-fi action franchise, and for many even surpassed the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger movie in several ways. Now, audiences are reminding themselves of how Arnie tried, and failed, to get everyone to the chopper almost 40 years ago, and have made the original film an apex predator of Tubi's free streaming chart.

Directed by John McTiernan—who would later helm Die Hard—Predator stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan “Dutch” Schaefer, leading an elite Special Forces team on a covert rescue mission in Central America – well didn’t he always. What should have been a routine operation soon spirals into a bloody and desperate battle for survival when the group find themselves under attack from an invisible and deadly hunter unlike anything they have encountered before.

On paper, it sounded like a surefire hit. Andrew Stanton, the two-time Oscar-winning director of Finding Nemo and Wall-e, was set to make his live-action debut just a year after fellow Pixar visionary Brad Bird had done so to astounding success. Stanton was working with one of the most influential science-fiction texts of all time, one that Avatar and Star Wars arguably wouldn’t exist without. All the right ingredients were in place, and yet 2012’s John Carteropened to greatly mixed reviews and disastrous box office returns, losing almost $200 million for Disney.

Yet, despite being remembered as one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time, with maybe the single worst marketing campaign in modern history, is John Carter actually deserving of its reputation? We’d argue no — while far from perfect, it actually holds up surprisingly well as a pulpy sci-fi joyride, brimming with charm, action and humor.

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Edward Norton is reportedly friends with filmmaker James Cameron, but they've only worked together on a film once: "Alita: Battle Angel," which Cameron wrote and produced and in which Norton made a cameo. Cameron also offered Norton a chance to be in "Avatar: The Way of Water" — so why did Norton pass up the chance to visit Pandora?

I still hold out hope for an "Alita" sequel — me and the entire so-called "Alita army." The first film was a pleasant surprise and there's plenty more of Yukito Kishiro's "Battle Angel" manga to adapt. The film teased that Alita (Rosa Salazar) would finally come face-to-face with Desty Nova (Norton's character), her flan-loving mad scientist nemesis.

In 2019, "Alita" director Robert Rodriguez discussed Norton's casting in an interview with Digital Spy: "[Cameron and I] both knew Ed. Neither of us had worked with Ed. But Ed's really smart. Like Jim, he's very, very smart." While...

Antonio Banderas had that kind of charm that made even Madonna shoot her shot — publicly. The pop icon was absolutely smitten, and she wasn’t exactly subtle about it. The only problem? Melanie Griffith wasn’t having any of it. Banderas’ wife at the time made sure to keep stuff in check and let’s just say things got so awkward that she ended up being banned from Madonna’s set.

Antonio Banderas in a still from Uncharted (2022) | Credits: Sony Pictures Television

When you’ve got the Madonna openly crushing on your man, you know he’s got some serious magnetism. Too bad for her — Banderas was already off the market, and Griffith made sure it stayed that way.

Madonna wanted Antonio Banderas, but Melanie Griffith got banned from the Evita set Madonna in Evita | Credits: Hollywood Pictures

Back in the ‘90s, Antonio Banderas was caught in a wild love...

Marvel Studios is finally bringing the Fantastic Four: First Steps into the MCU, and excitement is at an all-time high. Fans have been waiting for years to see how the studio will handle Marvel’s First Family, and with a fresh new take on the horizon, expectations couldn’t be higher. But while there’s plenty to look forward to, there’s also one big concern. That is Marvel has made mistakes with villains before, and some are worried they might do it again.

A still from Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer | Credits: Walt Disney Studios

With rumors swirling about John Malkovich possibly joining the cast, speculation is running wild about his role in the film. And if so, will Marvel give the character the respect it deserves, or could this be another case of a misleading twist that leaves fans frustrated?

Will Marvel turn another major villain into a...

The following contains major spoilers for Companion, now playing in theaters.

Director Drew Hancock delivered one of 2025's best-reviewed films with Companion, a satirical sci-fi thriller starring Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid. After receiving praise from critics and audiences alike, Hancock recently revealed that his new film may not be a one-off, and he already has some ideas about where to go with a potential sequel.

In an interview with Variety, Hancock teased that if a potential sequel were given the greenlight by Warner Bros., he believes there are several ways in which the story would go. The film centers around a couple, Iris (Thatcher) and Josh (Quaid), who join a group of friends at a remote cabin owned by a billionaire named Sergey (Rupert Friend). During the weekend retreat, Iris kills Sergey during an attempted rape, only to find out later that she is a "companion" robot, who was...

The 1998 high school horror flick The Faculty is the next on the line to get the remake treatment. Drew Hancock is in line to direct.

Audiences seem to be having a good time with Drew Hancock’s feature debut, Companion. The horror comedy comes from Boulderlight, the same team that brought the wild horror, Barbarian into the world back in 2022. Following the success of that film, they seem to have the pick of many a horror project in Hollywood.

For Drew Hancock, that next project could well be a remake of the 1998 high school horror, The Faculty.

The original featured an ensemble of young talent including a young Elijah Wood and Josh Hartnett and was a fun film, a kind of late 90s teen horror spin on Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. Salma Hayek popped up, as did Robert Patrick and Famke Janssen. With Robert Rodriguez directing, the movie possessed his trademark kinetic style,...

Sci-fi horror fans, we've got some exciting news you're going to want to hear! A beloved cult horror classic from the '90s is getting a remake, and it's stirring up some serious buzz. While remakes can be hit or miss, we're hoping the remake of this fan-favorite sci-fi horror will both honor the original and bring a fresh twist to the story. If it manages to strike that balance, it'll definitely be a hit in our book.

What horror classic is getting remade? Well, it'll be the 1998 sci-fi horror flick The Faculty, which starred talented actors such as Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Salma Hayek, Famke Janssen, Shawn Hatosy, Christopher McDonald, and Elijah Wood. This movie was also a box-office hit, drawing audiences in with its mix of teen drama, sci-fi thrills, and horror elements.

The original film followed a group of teenagers banding together to...

It is an absolutely wonderful time to be a fan of ‘90s cinema. Sequels, threequels, and reboots of some of our favorite titles of the decade have been announced left and right, and today we’ve got one for the sci-fi horror fans out there. On the eve of his feature-length directorial debut, Companion, filmmaker Drew Hancock has been announced (as per Variety) to be helming a remake of Robert Rodriguez’s classic 1998 film, The Faculty. Yes, the dream of the ‘90s is fully alive in 2025, with the original helmer giving his stamp of approval on the remake by way of joining the creative team as a producer. Making things all the more exciting, BoulderLight, the production company behind Zach Cregger’s breakthrough horror hit, Barbarian, will also be backing the film.

What began as a pandemic-era writing exercise is now Companion, Drew Hancock’s widely acclaimed feature directorial debut.

Feeling unfulfilled by the sitcom-heavy direction his career was going, Hancock admitted some hard truths to himself during the dregs of 2020. So the Omaha, Nebraska native decided to write his way out of his lot at the time by crafting a genre feature that he could use as a writing sample to land other related work. That screenplay became Companion, and feeling confident in what he’d committed to paper, the filmmaker decided to send the script to a mutual friend of BoulderLight Pictures’ J.D. Lifshitz.

Riding high on their recent producorial success of Zach Cregger’s Barbarian, Lifshitz and his producing partner Raphael Margules were so impressed by Hancock’s script that they brought it to the rest of the Barbarian brain trust including Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Cregger himself.

You know you're old when Hollywood starts remaking films released when you were in high school. Premiering on Christmas day in 1998, The Faculty was the meta answer to sci-fi films in the same way 1996's Scream was to the slasher movie sub-genre. It was a modest hit upon release, but it has gone on to develop a major cult following with genre fans. This was bound to happen sooner or later, and it looks like that time is now, because a remake is officially in the works.

Per Variety, a remake of The Faculty is set at Miramax and the director of the original film, Robert Rodriguez, is on board as a producer. What makes this remake news promising is that Drew Hancock is writing the project. That name may not be immediately recognizable, but he's an emerging talent who wrote and directed this weekend's Companion, a new horror film...

The Faculty is next up to be given the remake treatment. The sci-fi horror film, originally released in 1998, is going to be reimagined by filmmaker Drew Hancock.

Per Variety, a remake of The Faculty is officially in the works at Miramax. Original director Robert Rodriguez is back on board as a producer, while Hancock has signed on to write the script. A director has not yet been named, making it unclear if Hancock will also be at the helm of the project. Just recently, Hancock made his directorial debut with Companion, Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher's AI thriller that has garnered strong reviews from critics. BoulderLight (Barbarian) is the producing studio.